Apple - Watch SE (2nd gen) vs Garmin - vívoactive 5

These two are nearly even on the Mars Score (56.1 vs 53.3). The decision isn't about overall quality — both clear the bar — it's about which specific trade-offs fit your use.

Pick the Watch SE (2nd gen) if you care most about display size and cellular. The biggest gaps in its favor are display size, cellular.

Pick the vívoactive 5 if your top frustration with your current device is running out of charge before the day ends — endurance is the lead spec here. Its strongest claims are battery life, weight, spo2.

Both ship with comparable ecg, water resistance, peak brightness, so those specs don't separate the two — focus on the differences below.

Bottom line: there is no wrong answer here — match the spec advantages to how you actually use the product. The Mars Score parity tells you both are well-rounded; the differences are about trade-offs, not quality.